Download or read book Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 2003 written by International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-09-03 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2003 Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions provides a detailed description of the exchange arrangements and exchange/trade restrictions of individual IMF member countries and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as well as Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. The report highlights that Bangladesh Bank announces a buying–selling rate band for the U.S. dollar against the taka for its transactions with authorized dealer banks. Trends of the real effective exchange rate of the taka against a trade-weighted basket of currencies of major trade partners are analyzed to monitor the external competitiveness of the exchange rate.